Lisey's Story

Lisey's Story (Unabridged)

De: Stephen King

Narrado por: Mare Winningham

Includes an Exclusive Interview with Stephen King and Apple TV+

Perhaps Stephen King's most personal and powerful novel and audiobook, LISEY'S STORY is a beautifully textured suspense narrative about the wellsprings of creativity, the temptations of madness and the secret language of love. Read by Mare Winningham.

Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark.

Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure.

Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality.

Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.

©2006 Stephen King; (P)2006 Simon and Schuster Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Seriously creepy stories are more frightening heard than read. Your eye can skim the page, minimising the effect of the nasty bits, but such horrors become aqonisingly long and drawn out when narrated unabridged. Unabridged listening is the only way to do jsutice to the style and skill of such masters of the macabre as Stephen King." (The Times)

"Stephen King at his finest...a dazzling novel." (Nicholas Sparks)

"In Lisey's Story, Stephen King makes bold, brilliant use of his satanic storytelling gift, his angelic ear for language and, above all, his incomparable ability to find the epic in the ordinary." (Michael Chabon)

"Lisey's Story is bright and brilliant. It's dark and desperate. While I'll always consider The Shining, my first ride on King's wild Tilt-A-Whirl, a gorgeous, bloody jewel, I found, on this latest ride, a treasure box heaped with dazzling gems. A few of them have sharp, hungry teeth." (Nora Roberts)

King’s Favourite?

Had struggled to read Lisey’s Story (could never get past the first couple of chapters) but after hearing its his favourite, and I find it easier to listen rather than read these days, decided to give it another go.
It was.... nice, ok, same feel as Rose Madder? All in all worth the credit but definitely something missing that I can’t quite put my finger on but I think it was the sub characters’ stories that needed more exploration.

Stephen King never fails to deliver!

What made the experience of listening to Lisey's Story the most enjoyable?

The whole story was like none I have ever read. I loved it! The characters, as always with Kings books are totally unique.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Scott was such a brave little boy. Even to the end he still loved his father.

What does Mare Winningham bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She ignited the characters! They were real separate people.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I didnt want to stop listening! Even when I finally got to the end I felt I could start again at the beginning and be just as enthralled the second time as the first. Liseys Story really is that good!

Stephen King's Best

Any additional comments?

I'm not a fan of horror fiction but I appreciate good writing and Stephen King's writing prowess truly shines through in this book. The relationship between Lisey and husband Scott is romanticised but the tender moments between them are extraordinarily moving. The real tour de force of characterisation is the expose of relationships between Lisey and her sisters. The sister are three of the most real characters I've found in King's books and there's nothing romanticised about them. Oddly enough the weakest part of the story is the supposed horror sections with the 'long boy'. They're rather clunky. For me the real horror was the backstory dealing with Scott's father. I couldn't help but feel this would have been a truly stellar book if the material had been treated as a psychological thriller and the 'horror' left on the cutting room floor. That said, it's a book I re-read because it's so well written.

Great Book narrated very well

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes - I found the story very entrancing and formed an emotional connection to the main character

Have you listened to any of Mare Winningham’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No
I felt Mare Winningham really added a lot to the character and felt her performance was excellent.

If you could take any character from Lisey's Story out to dinner, who would it be and why?

This is a tough one as it would be a toss up between Lisey and her husband

Rewarding and haunting.

I ended up loving this book and weeping at parts, which I am not used to doing. beautifully written, a journey that rewards patience, and Mare is an extraordinary reader. I thought Will Patton was good in the Bill Hodges trilogy, but this performance blew me away